Gu Qing was fainted again!

When she woke up again, it was pitch black in front of her, she was in a place where she couldn't see her fingers, and she smelled a foul smell in her nose, and she wanted to rub her itchy nose, but her hands and feet were tied together, and she couldn't move.

Inexplicably, who did she upset again?

A female voice came to mind: "Awake?"

It's Xiaolian's voice.

Gu Qing remembered, didn't she just drink a cup of tea handed to her by Xiaolian before she passed out?

Suddenly, an open flame suddenly lit up in the darkness, Gu Qing squinted her eyes to see what was not really burning, but she didn't have to guess by herself, because Xiaolian had already spoken: "Next time, remember more, before stealing other people's things, see if there are any eyes staring around." Otherwise, you will suffer a big loss. ”

Gu Qing secretly screamed badly, she burned the evidence of the crime that she had worked so hard to turn over.

The light of the fire grew smaller and smaller, until at last it was almost nothing.

Gu Qing was not angry, at this moment, the left side of his face was facing the ground, cold and cold, a little uncomfortable, so he twisted his body with great difficulty to balance his body, and finally sat up against the corner of the wall.

With such a writhing, she gasped for breath in a tired voice.

"Why? Why are you doing this?" Even though I was tired, I still wanted an answer. When I saw her hiding the sadness from the corners of her eyes in the corridor, I thought she was a good person, at least she wouldn't help Old Man Du harm innocent girls.

I didn't expect it, but sure enough, people can't be disgraced.

"There is no why? This is my job, my duty. On the other hand, Xiaolian's tone was calm, as if she hadn't made a mistake, but was really punishing her, the one who stole things.

"Old Man Du doesn't have a good heart! I've seen it all, those messy things, he wants the virgin blood of those young women, in order to refine the so-called non-existent Immortal Pill!"

Gu Qing didn't get angry, she just felt that it wasn't worth it, it wasn't worth Xiaolian to do things for him.

"Don't say it!" Xiaolian suddenly shouted, her voice echoed in the air several layers, turned her head in Gu Qing's direction and said, "I know, I know everything......!" I can't help him. ”

The momentum of the latter sentence has weakened, and it also contains an emotional meaning, and if you listen to it carefully, it is more like ...... Implore?

"Why?" Gu Qing was puzzled, why should he be merciful in the face of such a bad person?

Xiaolian didn't answer, just a few slight sobs.

Gu Qing exhaled deeply, okay, let's put this question aside first. Judging from the echo of Xiaolian's roar just now, they were in an extremely enclosed space. Du Mansion is smooth on all sides, there are no mountains around, and the lighting conditions are excellent. If they were still in the Du Mansion, only the cellar would be the most accurate answer.

"Can you find a way to get a lamp, it's too dark in here, I'm not used to it. Gu Qing said, she was actually talking to the air, and she didn't know what direction Xiaolian was in, even if she was groping and writhing just now, she was just feeling it.

Xiaolian's sobs were gone, and then they all quieted down, and she was calming down. After a few seconds, she took out the fire fold from her arms and said, "I have the fire fold." ”

Of course Gu Qing knew, otherwise how did the incriminating evidence she finally find ignite?

"W-"

The fire fold lit up, and Gu Qing blinked his eyes, for fear that he would be able to blow out the fire fold if he exhaled vigorously. In the dim firelight, the tears on Xiaolian's cheeks became clearer and clearer, and the gold was shining, especially beautiful.

Gu Qing didn't understand why she wanted to help Master Du, maybe she had a hard time or not, she had been in the Du Mansion for so long, and she was a maid who specialized in serving the old man, and she knew everything from the beginning.

"Eh, let me ask you, what kind of person do you think your master is?" Gu Qing tried to ask from another angle.

Xiaolian sat on the ground and hugged her legs, put her face on her lap, thought for a while, and said in a low voice, "I don't know." ”

"Aren't you the maid who serves him? I see that other people in the mansion respect you very much, I'm afraid you have been in the mansion for several years, right?"

After hearing the word maid, Xiaolian's eyes flickered, as if she was a little unwilling, her mouth opened, and she wanted to say something but she would swallow it.

Finally, she hung her hands weakly from her laps, leaned her back against the wall, and said as weakly as if she had resigned herself to her fate: "Yes, I am just a maid." ”

Sidestep the question.

However, Gu Qing finally understood a little bit, Xiaolian must have a different kind of affection for Old Man Du, but it is definitely not love. Let's ask, how can two people who are just one Fanghua and one who is over 100 and a half years old, with such a big age gap, spark?

So what is the relationship between them?

"Tell me about my mother. Xiaolian said to herself, the firelight shining on her cheeks, a little inexplicably stubborn.

"My mother, she was beautiful, she had me when she was eighteen years old. My mother married into a wealthy family, and thought that she would be able to worry about food and clothing and money for the rest of her life. But I didn't expect that after I was born, her husband would ...... me Father, even gave her a * reputation, saying that she misbehaved and fooled around with the people in the house, even me...... The newborn baby has also been given a bad reputation by others. ”

Xiaolian's voice became desolate, in the cellar, it was winter again, and Gu Qing felt a chill from his back. The fire fold only illuminated the gap between her and Xiaolian, and as far as the eye could see, there was something else, what it looked like, and I didn't know at all.

Later, my mother went crazy and was bullied by the servants in the house, but her husband repeatedly let it go. Once, when she was teased by the maids, she was angry and wanted to run out of the house, but on the long, endless porch, she was gouged out by her husband and cut off her legs. ”

Xiaolian paused slightly, Gu Qing was speechless, she didn't know what to say, the scene described in her mouth seemed to be right in front of her, oh that corridor! Gu Qing's eyes widened, could it be ...... The porch she walked with during the day?

Xiaolian didn't answer her, because she was already immersed in her own language.

"At that time, I had already begun to remember, and the long corridor, the blood that flowed and the heart-rending screams of my mother became my nightmares every night from now on. Speaking of this, she turned her head and smiled at Gu Qing, her face was dark, "Look, she's right there." ”

You see, there she is!

The seven words made Gu Qing gasp.

As Xiaolian finished speaking, she slowly got up and picked up the fire fold together, walked to five meters in front of her, squatted down, and brought the fire fold to a large wine jar in front. Although the firelight was faint, Gu Qingzhen really saw that scene.

There was a man in a huge jar! Yes, she read that right, there was a man in it.

A man with a disheveled head, a blurred face, and a mouth closed together but unable to make a sound. A pair of vivid eyes have long since become two bloody holes, and the fire does not shine there, just like her long-dead heart!

Oh my God, just five meters across from her, ...... There is such a situation.

Gu Qing wanted to turn her eyes away, but no matter how hard she tried, no matter how hard she tried, she couldn't let her eyes look away.

Her face turned pale with fright, her hands and feet could not move, her throat was dry, and the sight of what she saw had stopped her thinking.

"The mother was in pain, but her husband didn't say anything about relieving her. Xiaolian's voice suddenly sounded, in the cold and empty cellar, it was particularly frightening.

The woman in the wine jar is Xiaolian's mother! She is the original partner of Old Man Du!

Gu Qing suddenly realized, that is to say, the woman who is squatting in front of her at this moment, who has no scheming on the surface, but is actually dark in her heart, is the biological daughter of Old Man Du!

No wonder, no wonder......

I see, I see......

My mind was spinning quickly, and I quickly sorted out the relationship between the front and back. Then Gu Qing opened his eyes with difficulty, tried to hold back the sour taste in his stomach, and didn't say a word.

Xiaolian has always emphasized that that person is her mother's husband.

She has been abused in the mansion for nearly 20 years, but she does not have an authentic name, what about Old Man Du's biological daughter?

"In that case, why do you still want to help him?" Gu Qing asked again, his voice was fierce, but he was no longer willing to look in her direction.

The corners of Xiaolian's mouth twitched: "Because, he is my father after all." ”

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Old Man Du was finally exhausted of his patience, so he simply didn't do anything, and he didn't want to give Murong face, and wanted to blow them away directly. However, at this time, Gu Lin, the imperial historian, came to visit the house.

Although Old Man Du gave instructions to all the subordinates of the Beijing government up and down with silver, it was to no avail. It's just that the emperor doesn't follow the chess game, and arranges a Gu Lin from the sky to investigate the case, a royal historian, with a high position, but he can't just stop it with his old man's small money.

It was also for the sake of the old man's age and the richest man in the capital that Gu Lin kindly persuaded him to agree to search the mansion.

What else can Old Man Du do?

The prime minister only brought a little scholar, and he could have blown people away without reason. But Gu Lin came to the mansion with many guards, even if he wanted to put up a fight, he couldn't make the court officials ugly in front of everyone, didn't he end up blocking himself?

Fortunately, Liu Piaopiao told Gu Lin about the situation on the day of Gu Qing's disappearance, and coupled with what happened before, Gu Lin had to come to Du Mansion for a walk. Anyway, he holds the imperial decree in his hand, and it is for his daughter, so he is not afraid of offending people.

Unexpectedly, the prime minister was also here.

He and the prime minister have some kind of unknown traction invisibly. Gu Lin thought that it was this kind of traction that made him want to come and rescue Gu Qing.

The eyes of the two met, and they bowed their heads to each other slightly, and moved over without missing a trace.